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Target and Corporate Campaign Donations

August 23rd, 2010

With the recent contributions of Target and Best Buy conservative politicians in Minnesota, some shareholders have urged the boards of both companies to increase supervision of corporate donations to political campaigns. Continue Reading »

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Las Vegas Nightclub Now Holds Weddings

August 20th, 2010

Reverend Marklen Kennedy, director of VIP for marketing at Tao Beach nightclub in Las Vegas’s Venetian Hotel and Resort, got ordained online for free as a minister of the Universal Life Church. Continue Reading »

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Religious Freedom and Land-Use Issues in Vermont

August 17th, 2010

A Roman Catholic couple in Vermont have earned the disapproval of locals over the display of a giant cross in a rural part of the state. Does the display interfere with the rights of others? Continue Reading »

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Democracy is Not a Christian Concept

August 16th, 2010

As the furor over the construction of Islamic places of worship heats up in the United States, religious conservatives have spoken out against what they see as the "Islamification" of America through sharia law. Continue Reading »

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U.S. Teenagers Leaving Church and Religion

August 12th, 2010

U.S. teens are gradually catching up with their European and Canadian counterparts and abandoning the trappings of religious faith that they view as irrelevant to their daily lives. Continue Reading »

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Does Thinking about God Reduce Stress?

August 10th, 2010

Does religious belief help reduce anxiety over errors? And, if so, how do non-believers cope with the blunders and slip-ups which riddle our everyday lives? A recent study concluded that is possibly the case. Continue Reading »

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House Churches: A Return to Spiritual Roots

August 9th, 2010

Amid the vast mega-church compounds which dot the stale, suburban American landscape sit a number of unassuming little houses where, every Sunday, small handfuls of the pious gather to worship. Continue Reading »

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Anne Rice and “Christ without Christianity”

August 6th, 2010

Anne Rice now officially believes in Jesus Christ, and not the institution named after him. The bestselling author of the popular Vampire Chronicles series formally announced that she is leaving Christianity. Continue Reading »

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"Natural Moral Law" and the Kenneth J. Howell Letter

August 4th, 2010

A professor at the University of Illinois, Dr. Kenneth J. Howell, was dismissed for explaining to students how Catholics invoke a theory called Natural Moral Law to justify their anti-same sex marriage position. Continue Reading »

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African Spirituality and Emancipation

August 2nd, 2010

The relationship between slavery and religion is a well-attested one, with Christianity playing a prominent role both in the continuation of slavery and in the abolitionist movement. Every year, the British West Indies celebrate the abolition of slavery in the Continue Reading »

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